September 2017 archive

I grew up at a time when children took themselves to school. I went alone, walking to primary school along busy streets. I recall that route with extraordinary clarity. I walked past the giant snail, part of an industrial site the purpose of which I still don’t know. Pink flowers thrived along the fence line. […] Read more…

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Sydney Smith is a writing mentor, teacher and author of short stories, essays, and The Lost Woman, a memoir of survival. Sydney's latest book The Architecture of Narrative about how to plot and structure fiction is out now.